Re: IP Address Management IPAM software for small ISP

2012-12-13 Thread Mike Gatti
We migrated from excel to IPPLAN (fairly large corp. network, with 150+ global locations),very easy to setup and import data (CSV). Your cost to try it out is near $0 (only money spent is your own $hour). So far the only issue that we encounter now and then is with the search function, though

Solutions for DoS DDoS

2012-12-06 Thread Mike Gatti
Hello Everyone, I'm assisting a non-profit organization to research solutions to secure their network from DOS/DDOS attacks. So far we have gone the route of discussing with their ISP's to see what solutions they have to offer, believing that the carriers are better positioned to block the

Re: Increase of DOS attacks using TCP src and/or dst of 0

2012-03-07 Thread Mike Gatti
I just scanned through the last 48 hours of logs and did not find anything. We are peering with Level3 (AS 3549) and Verizon (AS 11486). -- Michael Gatti main. 949.371.5474 (UTC -8) On Mar 7, 2012, at 12:45 PM, Matthew Huff wrote: Anyone else see a massive increase of scanning/dos with

Re: WW: Colo Vending Machine

2012-02-21 Thread Mike Gatti
The Trendnet TU-S9 (works on 32 and 64bit), it uses the prolific chip and it's pretty cheap, making it fit for a vending machine. Trendnet could actually use the Franks Hot Sauce commercial on TV to advertise, the one that the old lady says I put that s$@t on everything. P.S.: I don't work

Re: WW: Colo Vending Machine

2012-02-21 Thread Mike Gatti
The 30lb sledge hammer should be in the parking lot in a enclosure with a front glass that reads Break in case of extreme frustration right next to the dumpster for recycling hardware. You could make a living just with that business, replacing the front glass. -- Michael Gatti main.

Skype in the Enterprise

2012-01-19 Thread Mike Gatti
Hello Everyone, I wanted to get the groups opinions/thought on how you would or currently handle users wanting or using Skype in the enterprise. Recently what has brought this to light was the fact that our firewalls started to deny/shun users randomly from access to the internet. After a

Re: accessing multiple devices via a script

2012-01-17 Thread Mike Gatti
Hey did anyone mention Rancid..., just kidding I've used ciscocmd in the past, a little outdated but worth looking at (http://sourceforge.net/projects/cosi-nms/files/ciscocmd/) You might also have some fun writing your own expect scripts. -- Michael Gatti main. 949.371.5474 (UTC -8) On

Re: Colocation providers and ACL requests

2011-10-30 Thread Mike Gatti
I tend to disagree somewhat, you really have to put some context around the request and convey that to your provider. If the request is please help me block this DDoS traffic so that I can contact the source as it's impacting my ability to do business I think that is a reasonable request as

Re: [outages] News item: Blackberry services down worldwide, Egypt affected (not N.A.)

2011-10-12 Thread Mike Gatti
I have and totally get the point ... -- Michael Gatti cell.949.735.5612 ekim.it...@gmail.com (UTC-8) On Oct 12, 2011, at 9:12 AM, Leigh Porter wrote: -Original Message- From: -Hammer- [mailto:bhmc...@gmail.com] Sent: 12 October 2011 17:10 To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re:

Authoritative DNS server for 12.54.94.0/23 PTR

2011-09-27 Thread Mike Gatti
Hello Nanog Members, We have been having some issue doing reverse lookups for ip's in the 12.54.94.0/23 prefix. We know that this block is assigned to ATT and ATT has assigned that block to Siemens Medical (based on whois queries). We are now trying to find out who would be the authoritative

e-mail blacklisted - TIOPAN.COM

2011-09-26 Thread Mike Gatti
If there is someone from the Company TIOPAN.COM on the list can you please contact me off line. My apologies to the other members of the list for using the list as a contact method. Thank you, -- Michael Gatti cell.949.735.5612 ekim.it...@gmail.com (UTC-8)

Re: East Coast Earthquake 8-23-2011

2011-08-23 Thread Mike Gatti
5.9 Epicenter in Virginia: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Quakes/usc0005ild.php#summary Seeing slow internet access out of ASHBURN, VA data centers. Verizon and Global Crossing. Carriers circuits probably overwhelmed with voice/data. I do not have any info on outages or

using NESSUS to prepare for PenTest Sec. Audit

2011-07-12 Thread Mike Gatti
Has anyone used Nessus PF (www.nessus.org) as a tool to run a self audit preparing for a PenTest Audit? I wanted to get your opinion on the tool and if it was useful preparing for a PenTest Audit? Thanks, -- Michael Gatti cell.949.735.5612 ekim.it...@gmail.com (UTC-8)

Re: Barracuda Networks is at it again: Any Suggestions as to an Alternative?

2011-04-11 Thread Mike Gatti
Not an appliance but a really amazing job at stopping spam, www.messagelabs.com (purchased by Symantec). We went from messagelabs service to barracuda appliance and the difference is astronomical, whereas before i might get one or two spams a day using MessageLabs now with the barracuda I get

off topic - purchase Cisco GLC-LH-SM in ashburn, VA area

2010-12-28 Thread Mike Gatti
Would anyone know were I could purchase a Cisco GLC-LH-SM Gbic in the ashburn, sterling, VA area ? =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Michael Gatti cell.703.347.4412 ekim.it...@gmail.com =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=

Netflow Tool

2010-09-17 Thread Mike Gatti
Anyone out there using a good netflow collector that has the capability data to export to CSV? Open Source would be best, but any suggestions are welcome. Thanks, =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Michael Gatti cell.703.347.4412 ekim.it...@gmail.com =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=

Re: Did your BGP crash today?

2010-08-27 Thread Mike Gatti
garbled, and just contained information you didn't grok. That seems like enough evidence to be able to shrug and toss the packet without dropping the session. -Dave =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Mike Gatti ekim.it...@gmail.com =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=

Re: Monitoring Tools

2010-08-19 Thread Mike Gatti
Looking at ZenOSS to compliment our OpenView NNM system. So far has been pretty simple to get up and running and the support community is pretty responsive to questions. We have cacti in our environment and it works great for pulling bandwidth, CPU, interface errors, mem utilization. the

Fiber Cut in the DC Area

2010-08-16 Thread Mike Gatti
Is anyone aware of a fiber cut that could be affecting the Washington DC area? Just opened a ticket with Verizon and heard of a fiber cut through some side conversations. -- Mike Gatti